China Brushes Off Google Threat, Welcomes Law Abiders — China brushed off Google Inc.'s threat to withdraw from the country because of censorship requirements and cyber attacks, saying it encourages the development of an open Internet. China welcomes international enterprises …

Google Gets On the Right Side of History — The Chinese people will learn who their real friends are. — One night in the mid-1990s when I was working as a journalist in Beijing, I went out to dinner with some Chinese friends. I had just finished reading a book called “The File” by the British historian Timothy Garton-Ash.

Google attack part of widespread spying effort — IDG News Service - Google's decision Tuesday to risk walking away from the world's largest Internet market may have come as a shock, but security experts see it as the most public admission of a top IT problem for U.S. companies: ongoing corporate espionage originating from China.

Yahoo Said to Be Target of Hacker Attacks From China — (Adds Chinese government response in ninth paragraph. See {EXT2<GO>} for more on Google and China.) — Jan. 14 (Bloomberg) — Yahoo! Inc., owner of the No. 2 search engine in the U.S., was targeted by a Chinese attack similar …

Sony's E-Reader Opens New Chapter in Kindle Rivalry — Sony, the Japanese electronics giant, was a pioneer in the current wave of electronic book readers, introducing its first Sony Reader model back in 2006. But, it has been overtaken by Amazon.com, whose Kindle e-book reader …

Apple's tablet is an “iPhone on steroids” — One of our close Apple connects who hasn't steered us wrong dropped a little bit of information on us. Here's what we know: — The tablet's multi-touch gestures are “out of control.” — It's powered by an incredibly fast ARM CPU

12 Trends to Watch in 2010 — It's the dawn of a new year. From our perch on the frontier of electronic civil liberties, EFF has collected a list of a dozen important trends in law, technology and business that we think will play a significant role in shaping online rights in 2010.

A Heated Debate at the Top — Co-Founder Brin Pushed for Backing Out of China, While CEO Schmidt Made Moral Argument to Stay — Google Inc.'s startling threat to withdraw from China was an intensely personal decision, drawing its celebrated founders and other top executives into a debate …

IBM grabs largest enterprise cloud deployment — IBM is expected to announce on Thursday the largest enterprise cloud computing deployment to date as Panasonic begins a migration off Microsoft Exchange to IBM's LotusLive cloud service. More than 100,000 employees will participate …

Haiti imagery layer now available — We've worked closely with GeoEye throughout the afternoon to make their most recent satellite imagery of Haiti, taken at approximately 10:27am EST today, available as a KML overlay for Google Earth. You can download the KML here and open it in Google Earth …

Google's Free File Storage Not Such a Good Deal — Google's introduction of free online storage for any type of file serves as a reminder that storing a gigabyte of data in the Internet cloud can vary in price from free to $3.50 per, and that's just what Google charges its customers.

Apple ‘experts’ to debut in retail stores within weeks — Apple's retail “experts” — a new position that will serve as a roaming counterpart to existing “geniuses” at brick-and-mortar locations — are expected to debut in stores in a matter of weeks, people familiar with the matter have told AppleInsider.

Intel cites AMD exec who ‘would never buy’ AMD — In a recent response to longstanding antitrust accusations from chipmaking rival Advanced Micro Devices, Intel included in a Federal Trade Commission filing a quote from one of AMD's own executives critical of AMD chips.

2018 Top 100 Global Tech Leaders — 21st century technology-sector leadership requires more than financial success. It also requires a commitment to compliance, innovation, and much more. Who are today's leaders?